What Are Some Popular Names for Black Babies?

Some of the most popular names for African American babies are Precious, Diamond, Jayla, Ayana, Zari, Laqueta and Aisha for girls, and Demarco, Dion, Chikae, Malik and Darius for boys. Other popular black baby names include Kayla, Shaniqua, Elon and Taye.

The most popular baby names for African Americans are different from the most popular baby names in the general population. Other popular baby names for people of different backgrounds include Molly, Amy, Susan, Claire, Caitlin, John, Christopher, Jake, Connor, Bradley and Daniel. The most popular baby names change each year and the Social Security Administration traditionally releases data on the most popular baby names within the United States the following year.